The Annual Is this the worst E3 Ever? [2017 Edition]

I guess I'm the 4th. Wanted it to be cheaper, but understand the reason for the price and will wait for a price drop or a reasonable bundle, but do feel I am the target audience. Also, I don't have a 4K HDR TV/monitor yet so that's a priority first despite knowing that it will make my Xbox gen of families look better.

I've seen a lot of the your 1-3 reactions though.

 

LOL. Technically all the major gaming conventions or tradefairs are expos.

 

I think the stickies represent much of the vestigial aura around E3 of old. They weren't really needed, didn't attract as much attention as former conference threads, and could have just been left to live and die without extra support. Just like every other conference. In essence, E3's importance is being propped up by people still treating it as important. Any and every meaningful announcement and presentation is going to get its coverage. TGS and GDC will get their coverage. If anyone makes massive announcements at either, we'll talk about it.

So yeah, E3 drives more attention than anywhere else, and then we say, "what was the point of that?" afterwards when it's such a let-down and we learn once again it's just a generic conference with nothing particular to say for itself.

 

There's virtually nothing exciting left. There are no surprises. Tech has advanced as such an exhaustive pace, it's exhausted, leaving us with more of the same in slightly nicer cases. Plus the sheer volume of stuff. Soooooo many games/TV programmes/movies/gadgets, etc. Like a little kid stuffing its face at a party until it's sick, a new cake doesn't excite any more as they've had their fill, and society hasn't moderated at all with invention and creativity such that we created ourselves into a corner. Plus there's non-stop information from Twitter and YouTube and everything, there's nothing to wait for.

Effectively we've taken the idea of the birthday party and started giving presents all the time, telling people what those presents are going to be before they get them, and then wonder why no-one finds birthday's exciting any more. Read up how poor country people used to get thrilled by any small spectacle because it was new and rare, and you appreciate how so much magic has been lost from living thanks to structuring society around production and consumption.

The next 50 years are possibly going to be very odd. Think of the current teenager mindlessly overdosing on YouTube and Instagram with limitless ennui, and imagine what society can evolve from that.

 

Unfortunately not, all those shows were either playing at 4 am or during my work so was unable to utilize my Z9D . But doesn't only LG or Samsung's 4k TV support YT HDR currently? I think Sony TVs are still waiting on a patch or something. Tho I agree, I can certainly imagine Forza 7 or AssCreed Origins looking gloriously with HDR, but same goes for every other HDR compatible games too.

 

I got to watch it 4K HDR and I was impressed. I think MS structured the conference wrong. I think it would of had more impact if Metro, AC and Anthem had finished the show. They front loaded the conference with Forza, Metro and AC threw a bunch of stuff in the middle and ended with Anthem.

They probably made it a little too long with too many games. Games like Last Night could easily be forgotten in a sea of other titles.

 

I find that going outside and shouting at clouds helps.

 

You forgot pinterest. If that is even how you spell it.

 

There is virtual reality.
Pun intended.

But I do mean it. The moment someone gives you small wireless glasses with a resolution that challenges your visual acuity (two ~5k*5k screens, 120º FOV I guess?) running the same image quality we see in e.g. Uncharted 4 or Horizon Zero Dawn, you'll be a kid again.